urban experiment, day two

today in carless land was fun as well:  yoga mat + pannier=fitness!  i biked to the local gym and was going to use the free 3-day guest pass i had printed; but because i live so far away (wine country where there are no gyms!) and am not a local, i paid for a visit, which was fine...so i maximized it...steam sauna, dry sauna...yoga class...spa...then rolled up the mat and biked back home again to where my cucumber water (it's really good) was waiting for me.  because it's a friday and during the school year i would usually be at work, i took note of who was at the gym...a lot of retired people with their personal trainers and i guess the rest of the young folks were either on their lunch break, independently wealthy, or have fridays off!  maybe some are teachers like me.  at any rate, it was me and a lot of grandmas (and a couple of grandpas) doing downward dog pose and warrior...after class, they were talking about their next trip to hawaii, things like that.  part of the fun of this urban experiment is the people-watching/time of day demographic (how does the other half live?)...so my next challenge, eek i might have to use my car, is how to meet a friend to go out tonight after it's dark.  headlamp + panniers=???  i'll keep you posted...namaste.